METRO VANCOUVER -- Accused cocaine trafficker Wayne Scott claimed in B.C. Supreme Court on Monday that he had no idea that both his son and daughter had faced criminal charges while they were living in his Abbotsford house.

Scott made the statement after federal Crown Maggie Loda challenged him on his assertion that he was completely unaware of how the criminal justice system worked when he and co-accused Jarrod Bacon were arrested Nov. 26, 2009 after a lengthy undercover investigation.

Scott is challenging the admissibility of an incriminating statement he gave to police after his arrest, saying he wasn't given proper legal advice, didn't understand his rights and felt coerced by an officer with the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit who asked him if his daughter Carly was involved in the cocaine importation scheme.

But Loda suggested people close to him - including his children and Bacon - had first-hand experience with arrests, charges and court appearances that pre-dated Scott's charges.

She showed Scott a document laying out charges against his son Christopher in April 2008 and earlier counts laid against Carly - Bacon's girlfriend - in 2005.

Scott said he knew nothing about his son's charges until Loda mentioned them in court Monday and only learned about the counts against his daughter this past weekend when she mentioned she had gone to Mission RCMP to get them removed from her record.

"So you have a son that you didn't know he was arrested and charge although he was living with you?" Loda asked. "You have a daughter who was living with you who you didn't know was arrested and charged in 2005?"

Scott said he knew Jarrod had faced charges, but that he never asked him about it because "that's none of my business."

Scott took the stand as the cocaine conspiracy trial resumed Monday after a month-long adjournment due to him being ill..

Scott and Bacon, 28, were charged with one count of conspiracy to traffic cocaine two years ago after the CFSEU investigation using a police agent who can only be identified as GL because of a ban on his identity.

Scott told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Austin Cullen that he thought he had to tell police everything he knew once he was arrested. And he claimed that he didn't know he was speaking to a lawyer after police arranged a call with an on-call legal aid service after his arrest.

Loda showed Scott parts of his video-taped statement where he nods and tells Det. Laurence Rankin that he spoke to "legal counsel."

On Monday he said he didn't know what the term "legal counsel" meant and was tired and stressed after the arrest.

And he testified that he felt pressure to talk after Rankin asked whether Carly had a role in the conspiracy.

He agreed with his lawyer Jeremy Guild that he was "very much" concerned Carly would get dragged into the investigation.

"I believed he was asking questions wanting to know if she was involved. In my eyes, she was not," Scott said.

"I would protect my daughter or any of my kids till my last breath."

Guild argued Scott's Charter right to legal counsel was violated and that his statement should be ruled involuntary because he perceived "an inducement or threat" was made during the interview.

Scott initially claimed Monday that the person from legal aid he spoke to made no mention of his right to silence. But under cross-examination, he admitted they might have told him "he shouldn't say anything."

Scott's full police interview has not been played in court, though a few details were revealed through his testimony Monday.

Scott said once Det. Rankin started talking to him he was worried the officer "was putting me in the same category as the Bacons."

"I have never been involved in anything of their sort," he testified, before adding. "I don't know what they do."

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